Automatic fare-register.



A. D. BRANHAM.

AUTOMATIC FARE REGISTER.

APPLIQA'MON FILED JUNE 14.1913.

Patented Oct. 2?. 1914.

/m/E/vmfr A. D Bramh am l STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

To'all whom it may concern.'

Anonrnns n. BBANIIAM, or s'r. LoUIs, MISSOURI, AssIGNoiz. 'ro AUTOMATICREGISTER mm, OF DOVER, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

AUTOMATIC FARE-REGISTER.

Beit known thatI AnoLPHUs D. BRAN- BAM, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at the cityvof' St. Louis, Stateof Missourn'haveinvented a certain new and useful Automatic Fare-Re 'ster, of which thefollowing is such a full, c ear, and

\ Y 'exact description aswill enable any one skilled in the:v art towhich it appertains to makev and use the saine, reference" being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

- ,'My` invention relatesv to a fare register registering mechanism 13may be of any :which will automatically regist'er the coins passingthrough same, preferably by means of an electrically operatedregistering mechanism.

My invention consists of various novel features and details ofconstruction, all of which are described in the following specificationand pointed out in the claims appended hereto. l

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of re 'stermadein accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section showinga detail of construction; Fi 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5 5 oFig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fi 4 and5.

Eike marks of reference refer to .similar parts in the several views ofthe drawings.

10 represents the upper part of the casing which contains the coincontrolling and contact making devices, as will be hereinafter morefully described.

11 represents the lower part of the casing contaimng the cash drawer.12, the registering mechanism 13 and the battery 14. The

l siutable form and will not be described in detail as it forms no partof my'invention except in combinationl with the other parts Y of thedevice.

, The upper portion 10 of the casing is provided with a cap 15 having acoin slot 16 O f such size as to permit the passage of the proper coins,.in the resent instance, five and ten-cent pieces. he coins, afterpassing downv through the Slot 16, strike all i11- Speoioation ofLetters Patent. Alipucmon mea :une 14, 1913.: serial No. 773,684.

clined plane 17,

vof the ledge 22. This I referably of i 'striking the inc 'ned plane 1%,the coins :slide down into a narrow space between a. .front plate 18 anda rear plate 19. The

.frontplate 18 is preferabl 'made' of glass the coinswhile lso as toallow inspection o passing through the device. The inclined .plate 17terminates at such a point at the rear of the plate 18 that the coinswill fall over into the space between the lates 18 and 19 by the actionof ravity, t us minimizing the liability of t e' coins becoming wedge inthis space. The coins, afterenter- -ing the space between the plates 18and 19, fall upon an inclined led e 20 along which the roll downwardlyan drop upon a secon inclined ledge 21. The plate 19, ad-

`jacent to this second ledge 21, is provided with a number of openings22 to allow the discharge of any particles of grit or dirt which mightenter the device and interfere ,with the proper action of the coins.Adjacent to the end of the ledge 21, the plate 19 vhas pivoted to it amovable member 23 which normally forms an upward extension member 23 isprovided with a weight 24 which holds it in its normal position, and itis also supplied with a tail-piece 25 which is adapted to be thrownupward by the weight of the coin passing over the extension 23 so as toform a coin detent. As the coin leaves the extension 23, it comes intocontact with an end 26 of a contact makin device which will be morefully describe hereinafter. After making contact with the end 26, thecoin will drop on to a third ledge 27. In the case of a fivecent piece,the ledge 27 will carry the coin toward the right hand side of themachine and drop the same on to an inclined plane Patented oct. 2 7,1914.

ass'. After 28 which is normally held in position by a i In order tovprevent the clogging of the machine by the insertion of a coinintermediate in width between a five and ten cent piece, I form one edgeof the slot 32 of a pivoted rail 34 which is held in position by meansof a light spring 35, best shown in Fig. 6.

Secured to the rear face of the plate 19 is a block 37 of fiber or otherinsulating material. Pivoted to this block 37 is a. contact 38 which isheld against a stop 39 by a. light spring 40. 41 is a lever also securedto the block 37 and carrying the end 36' hereinbefore referred to, whichend projects through the opening 42 into the space between the plates18and 19. The end 26' of this lever 41 is held against the plate bymeans of a coil spring 43. Below the contact 38 and the lever 41 is asecond contact 44 and lever 45 which are similar to the contact 38 andlever 41. The lever 45 carries the end piecev 33, hereinbefore referredto, which end piece projects through the opening 46 in the plate 19. Thecontacts 38 and 44 are connected by means of a conductor 47 and thelevers 41 and 45 are connected by o means of a conductor 48. Theconductor 47 is connectedtby means of a binding post 49 with theconductor 50 leading to one terminal of the registering device 13, andthe conductor 48 is connected by means of a binding post 51 with aconductor 52 leading to one terminal of the battery 14.

The operation of my device 1s as follows: When a coin is dropped intothe machine, 1t first passes down along the ledges 20 and 21 and isdischarged against the end 26 of the lever 41. This causes the lever 41to move on its pivot and bring its end into contact with the contactpiece 38, thus closing the circuit through the registering device 13 andbattery 14, so as to operate the registering device to register a fare.In case two coins are dropped into the machine at the same time, thetail-piece 25 will be raised up into the path of the second coin so asto preserve an appreciable interval of time between the contact of thefirst and second coins with the v end 26'of the lever 41. In case thecoin is a five-cent piece, it will be carried past the end 33 of thelever 45 without coming into contact therewith. In case the coin is atencent piece, it will drop through the slot 32, thus coming intocontact with the end 33 of the lever 4.5 and closing the circuit toregister another fare.

In case a coin of a thickness between a ve and ten-cent piece, forexample a worn one-cent piece enters the passage 32, it will move therail 34 laterally and pass through the machiney without blocking thesame.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent of the United States is:

1. In a fare register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa movable member in the path of the coin and controlling saidregistering mechanism, an upwardly inclined chute, a pivoted memberorming'a downwardly extending continuation of said chute, said memberhaving a tail-piece forming a coin detent.

2. In a fare register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa movable member in the path ofl the coin and controlling theregistering mechanism, a d ownwardly inclined coin chute, a pivotedmember forming an upwardly extending continuation of said chute, saidmember having a tail-piece forming a coin* detent, said member beingweighted to normally hold said tail-piece out of operative position.

3. In a fare register, the combination with registering mechanism, of acontact device controlling said registering mechanism, a second contactdevice also controlling said registering mechanism, and means forpreventing coins of a predetermined thickness actuating said secondcontact device.

4. In a fare register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa movable member in the path of the coin and controlling the registeringmechanism, a second mov- Vable member also controlling the registeringmechanism, and means for preventing coins of a predetermined thicknessfrom coming in contact with said second movable member.

5. In a fare register, the combination with Aan electrically operatedregistering mechanism, of a movable member in the path of the coin, asecond movable member also located in the path of the coin, means forpreventing coins of a predetermined thickness from making contact withsaid second movable member, a switch in circuit 'with said registeringmechanism and controlled by said first named movable member, and asecond switch also in circuit with said registering mechanism andcontrolled by said second movable member.

6. In a fare register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa movable member in the path of the coin and controlling saidregistering mechanism, a second movable member also controlling saidregistering mechanism, and an inclined support for receiving the coinafter contact with said irst movable member, said inclined supporthaving a passage for dropping coins of less than a predeterminedthickness into contact with said second movable member.

7. In a fare register, the combination with a registering mechanism, ofa movable memi ber in the path of the coin and controlling saidregistering mechanism, a second movable member also controlling saidregistering mechanism, an inclined support for receiving the -coin aftercontact with said rst named movable member, said inclined support havinga passa e for dropping coins of less than a pre etermined thickness intocontact with said second movable member, and a laterall yielding railcarried at one side of said inclined support and forming a part of thecoin supporting surface.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aixed my seal inthe presence o the two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPHUS D. BRANHAM. [11.5.]

Witnesses:

W. A. ALEXANDER, G. W. SHORE.

